Northern Lights Estate Winery

Pat Bell is a former Honorary Member of the Nechako Rotary Club.  Pat Bell is a local businessman in Prince George, and served 12 years as the Prince George/Mackenzie MLA.

Since retiring from Politics, Pat has been involved in the Board of Conifex Timber Inc. where is now holding the position of Executive Vice President.

One of Pat's latest projects, which he refers to as "a vision or a delusion" with his son Doug and wife Brenda, is the creation of a winery in Prince George.

The new winery, called Northern Lights Estate Winery, will produce a variety of 10 wines made from fruit.

Some of the popular fruits will be Rhubarb, Apple, Cherry, Saskatoon, and some blends that they feel confident will become popular through sales.

The Northern Lights Estate Winery is scheduled to be open for production in 2015 with a slower start up at an on site store with production to increase to approximately 4000 cases over the next 6 years.

The winery is currently purchasing various quality fruits for production, while they pant and grow a variety of their own stock on their acreage.

The Winery site will include among other things, an amphitheater, a patio for customers to sample the products and enjoy the scenery and an ample building for wine manufacturing and sales.

A future plan also includes a "culinary kitchen" where people will be able to practice their cooking skills and pair the results with fine wines.

Rotarian Tom Keller thanked Pat for his interesting and enthusiastic presentation, with another donation to our  Rotary Polio Plus Program

Pat also donated two bottles of wine which he auctioned off to Lorainna Steven and Gina Rawson, at a very competitive value.  Maybe the Northern Lights Estate Winery prices will now go up substantially.